Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1235

181A.

The Maryland Historical Trust is hereby created as part of the
Department of Economic and Community Development for the pur-
pose of preserving and maintaining historical, aesthetic and cultural
properties, buildings, fixtures, furnishings, and appurtenances per-
taining in any way to the province and State of Maryland from
earliest times, to encourage others to do so and to promote interest
in and study of such matters.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 9, 10, 11(a), (b), 43 of Article 48 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1965 Replacement
Volume, 1969 Supplement), title "Inspections," subtitle "Tobacco"
be and the same are hereby repealed and re enacted, with amend-

ments, to read as follows:

9.

The Secretary of Economic and Community Development, with
the approval of the Governor shall appoint one Inspector of Tobacco,

who shall be a tobacco grower or duly qualified leaf tobacco dealer

and resident of one of the tobacco growing counties of this State.

He shall receive such salary as the legislature shall provide in the

general appropriation or budget bill and he shall have charge of

the State tobacco warehouse to be located in one of the following

counties: Anne Arundel, Calvert, St. Mary's, Prince George's or
Charles, and other property connected therewith, and the Secretary
of Economic and Community Development, with the approval of the
Governor, may remove said Inspector at his pleasure.

The Inspector so appointed shall, upon entering the performance
of his duties, be covered by a surety bond in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 46 through 50 of Article 78A of the An-

notated Code of Maryland; and he shall take charge of all the to-

bacco warehouses in Baltimore City and the State tobacco warehouse
and all of the tobacco, books, furniture, appurtenances and effects
belonging to the same, and shall receipt to his predecessor in office
for the same, and upon the appointment and qualification of his
successor, shall deliver the same to said successor, and take a similar
receipt. Said inspector shall personally or by a sampler or samplers,

in this article provided for, inspect all tobacco in said warehouse,

but neither he nor any other person appointed to or employed in

said warehouse shall engage in the purchase or sale of tobacco (ex-

cept that he may sell tobacco of his own raising), nor shall any

person appointed to or employed in said warehouses receive any
gift or emolument whatever, either directly or indirectly, for any
service in the line of his duty other than his regular salary or wages;
and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be im-
mediately dismissed from office or service. Each of said samplers or
any employee of said warehouse shall be covered by surety bonds
in accordance with the above said sections of Article 78A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland. Said Inspector, subject to the the ap-
proval of the Secretary of Economic and Community Development,
shall have authority to dismiss any and all appointees and employees

10.